Security Affairs

DECEMBER 9, 2024

Romanian energy supplier Electrica Group is investigating an ongoing ransomware attack impacting its operations. Romanian energy supplier Electrica Group suffered a cyber attack that is impacting its operations. “Electrica Group is under a cyber attack. The company serves over 3.8 ” reads the note.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 6, 2024

Threat actors gained access to credentials for election-related websites, and then leaked them on Russian cybercrime forums a few days before the presidential election. “The intelligence service also said access data for official Romanian election websites was published on Russian cyber crime platforms. ” states Reuters.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

Cybercrime will cost Germany 206 billion euros ($224 billion) in 2023, German digital association Bitkom told Reuters. According to the German digital association Bitkom, cybercrime will have a worrisome impact on the economy of the state in 2023.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 3, 2022

Which are the cyber attacks of 2021 that had the major impact on organizations worldwide in terms of financial losses and disruption of the operations? The systems at the company were infected with the Phoenix Locker, a variant of ransomware tracked as Hades that was part of the arsenal of the cybercrime group known as Evil Corp.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MARCH 21, 2021

Ways to Protect Your Small Business from Cyber Attacks . . A successful cyber attack can cost you around $3 million! Here are some of the ways to protect your small business from cyber attacks. . Most external hacking takes place during information transfer over an internet connection.

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Joseph Steinberg

MARCH 8, 2022

Thank you for not listening to your own cybersecurity experts when they told you to “ Stop hacking Russian websites – you are helping the Russians, not the Ukrainians.” Many of our vulnerable systems might have even been previously breached by Western spies – that you for helping us lock out such cyber-attackers.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 27, 2025

The new ransomware group Arkana Security claims to have hacked US telecom provider WOW!, s internal systems, including AppianCloud and Symphonica platforms “A major cyber attack reaps Wide Open West (WOW!), Arkana Security, a new ransomware group, claims to have breached the telecommunications provider WideOpenWest (WOW!).

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Security Affairs

MAY 27, 2022

The FBI warns organizations in the higher education sector of credentials sold on cybercrime forums that can allow threat actors to access their networks. Crooks obtain the information by conducting spear-phishing and ransomware attacks, or other means. SecurityAffairs – hacking, FBI). To nominate, please visit:?.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 12, 2021

Researchers warn of a surge in cyber attacks against Microsoft Exchange servers exploiting the recently disclosed ProxyLogon vulnerabilities. This week, the independent security researcher Nguyen Jang published on GitHub a proof-of-concept tool to hack Microsoft Exchange servers. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Microsoft Exchange).

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 10, 2020

Microsoft has uncovered Zerologon attacks that were allegedly conducted by the infamous TA505 Russia-linked cybercrime group. Microsoft spotted a series of Zerologon attacks allegedly launched by the Russian cybercrime group tracked as TA505 , CHIMBORAZO and Evil Corp. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Zerologon).

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 5, 2022

As the dust settles following the recently disclosed hack of NewsCorp , important lessons are emerging for the cybersecurity and journalism communities. Credential harvesting attacks via phishing emails are now a daily occurrence. We have entered a new era of cyber threats.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 10, 2024

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

The Singapore Police Force (SPF) has arrested six individuals for their role in the operations of a cybercrime ring in the country. The Singapore Police Force (SPF) arrested five Chinese nationals, aged 32 to 42, and a 34-year-old Singaporean man for the alleged involvement in illegal cyber activities in the country.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 26, 2024

The agency did not provide further details about the cyber attack such as the ransomware gang behind the incident.No ransomware group has claimed responsibility for the cyber attack. On January 23, 2023, the Kansas City Area Transportation Authority (KCATA) suffered a ransomware attack.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

The ICC has not shared details about the cyber attack, it is unclear if the attackers have stolen information from the organization.

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IT Security Guru

MARCH 14, 2025

Cybercrime is a growing problem, with 39% of UK businesses experiencing cyber attacks in 2023. We speak with Sierra Six, a leading SEO agency in Essex to get their recommendations on the best plugins for security and to reduce cyber attacks. If your site ever gets hacked, Sucuri provides help to clean it up.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

The charity organization Save the Children International revealed that it was hit by a cyber attack. A Save The Children spokesperson told Recorded Future News that the cyber attack had no impact on the operations of the organization.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 22, 2024

A cyber attack has been disrupting operations at Synlab Italia, a leading provider of medical diagnosis services, since April 18. Since April 18, Synlab Italia, a major provider of medical diagnosis services, has been experiencing disruptions due to a cyber attack.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 21, 2021

State Department was recently hit by a cyber attack, the Department of Defense Cyber Command might have suffered a serious breach. SecurityAffairs – hacking). State Department was recently hit by a cyber attack appeared first on Security Affairs. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 27, 2025

UK telecommunications firm TalkTalk disclosed a data breach after a threat actor announced the hack on a cybercrime forum. UK telecommunications company TalkTalk confirmed a data breach after a threat actor claimed responsibility for the cyber attack on a cybercrime forum and offered for sale alleged customer data.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 28, 2020

Asian media firm E27 suffered a security breach and hackers asked for a “donation” to provide information on the flaws they exploited in the attack. That is why we believe it is important to inform you of this incident,” e27, Asia's Largest Tech Media Platform, notified its users of a cyber attack and data breach!

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Herjavec Group

AUGUST 26, 2021

We can learn a lot from the cybercrime of the past…the history of cybercrime is a glimpse into what we can expect in the future. In the past 18 months, we’ve experienced the beginning of an era that has seen cybersecurity and cybercrime at the center of it all. Dateline Cybercrime . Robert Herjavec.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

The cyber attack that hit the cleaning products manufacturer Clorox in August is still affecting the supply of the products to customers. In response to the cyber attack, the company has taken some of its systems offline while it was implementing additional “protections and hardening measures to further secure them”.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 23, 2021

According to a data breach notification published by the company on its website, the cyber attack did not affect its network, but it only impacted an Accellion FTA server. ” Since the disclosure of the vulnerabilities in Accellion FTA multiple cybercrime groups targeted organizations worldwide. billion in 2020.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 21, 2020

The main reason why these campaigns exploded so dramatically was that they used previously leaked NSA exploits called EternalBlue and DoublePulsar, which made the attacks absolutely inconspicuous and therefore almost impossible to prevent. WannaCry and NotPetya cyber-attacks have since been attributed to state-funded threat actors.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 4, 2024

“Based on our investigation, we have determined that the third party was likely a cybercrime group, which gained access to, among other information, personally identifiable information.” ” The company did not provide details about the attack and has yet to disclose the number of the impacted people.

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Security Boulevard

JULY 30, 2022

Staying Ahead of the Distortion of a Cyber Attack? Each firewall, IDS, MFA, and email security is built to protect and stop cyber attacks. Given this fact, businesses should note the growing number of security issues and cyber threats. However, do most cybersecurity attacks happen the way it is portrayed?

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 27, 2021

. “In internal emails seen by BleepingComputer, IKEA is warning employees of an ongoing reply-chain phishing cyber-attack targeting internal mailboxes. “There is an ongoing cyber-attack that is targeting Inter IKEA mailboxes. SecurityAffairs – hacking, IKEA). ” reports BleepingComputer.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

He has led cyber-attack units such as Lazarus and Kim Suki. Multiple countries have sanctioned RGB for its role in cybercrime, espionage, and support for North Koreas military objectives. Blockchain cybersecurity firm Elliptic attributed the cyber heist to the notorious North Korea-linked APT Group Lazarus.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 22, 2022

June 20th one of the units of Cyber Spetnaz called “Zarya” has announced the attack against www.mna.gov.lv SecurityAffairs – hacking, Lithuania). The post Exclusive: Lithuania under cyber-attack after the ban on Russian railway goods appeared first on Security Affairs. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 3, 2022

The Italian luxury sports car manufacturer Ferrari confirmed the availability of internal documents online, but said it has no evidence of cyber attack. Documents belonging to the Italian luxury sports car manufacturer Ferrari are circulating online, the company confirmed their authenticity stating it is not aware of cyber attacks.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 1, 2024

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 8, 2024

In 2023, upon discovering the cyber attack, the Anna Jaques Hospital took the impacted systems down and launched an investigation into the security breach. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook and Mastodon Pierluigi Paganini ( SecurityAffairs hacking,Anna Jaques Hospital)

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 30, 2024

The attack impacted the services of Schneider Electric’s Resource Advisor cloud platform causing outages. Schneider Electric said that other divisions of the company were not impacted by the cyber attack.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 1, 2025

.” The company did not reveal the name of the ransomware family that hit its systems or if threat actors had stolen data during the attack. On October 14, 2022, Tata Power, Indias largest power generationcompany, announced a cyber attack hit its infrastructure.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Since the beginning of 2020, Babam has set up numerous auctions on the Russian-language cybercrime forum Exploit , mainly selling virtual private networking (VPN) credentials stolen from various companies. Verified was hacked at least twice in the past five years, and its user database posted online. com and wwwpexpay[.]com.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

Rhysida Ransomware group added three more US hospitals to the list of victims on its Tor leak site after the PROSPECT MEDICAL attack. Recently the Rhysida ransomware group made the headlines because it announced the hack of Prospect Medical Holdings and the theft of sensitive information from the organization.

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